Opening day began with fog heavy enough to severly limit sight lines for the first hour or so.
Mid-Michigan Opening Day Fog
But Joe Reynolds was able to hear an approaching deer but the fog was cover enough for the whitetail to vanish. Within a short time, however, the healty 8-pointer gave Joe a quartering-to-him angle, and the 325-grain tipped Barnes put the whammy on the opening-morning buck, penetrating well over 14 inches, breaking ribs in and out, and exiting. The mortally wounded deer lived for about 5 seconds after the pull of the trigger.
